Association of Senates, Shoora
and Equivalent Councils in
Africa and the Arab World

Date of
establishment

7th of
June
2002 ,Rabat,
Morocco

Establishment
of the Association

Accredited
delegates of the Senates, Shoora
and Equivalent Councils in
Africa and the Arab World
assembled in Sana'a in the
Republic of Yemen from the 25th
to 27th of April 2004 in a
Conference and unanimously
adopted the Resolution that
established the Association of
Senates, Shoora and Equivalent
Councils in Africa and the Arab
World. The Conference by
resolution adopted the Rules of
Procedure and the Statute of the
Association. The idea of
establishing the Association had
been approved in an earlier
meeting held in Rabat in the
Kingdom of Morocco from 6th to
7th of June 2002.The Rabat
meeting was attended by the
under listed Councils/2nd
Chambers in Africa and the Arab
world:

The National Council of the
Provinces of South Africa

The Council of the
Nation of Algeria

The House of Chiefs of
Botswana

The House of the
Federation of Ethiopia

The Senate of Gabon

The Senate of Jordan

The Senate of Lesotho

The House of Counselors
of Morocco

The Senate of Mauritania

The National Council of
Namibia

The Senate of Nigeria

The Senate of Swaziland

The Shoora Council of
Yemen

States' Council of Sudan

he
Shoora Council of Saudi
Arabia

The Shoora Council of
Qatar

State's Council of Oman

The Shoora Council of
Bahrain

The Shoora Council of
Egypt

The Senate of Congo
Kinshasa

The Senate of Burundi

The Senate of Madagascar

The
senate of Republic of
Congo

The
senate of Republic of
Zimbabwe

The above listed
Councils/Senates were considered
the establishing Councils of the
Association.